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> "The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya" is a 14-episode anime adaptation which aired in 2006. The first version to be correctly. They later added another 14 epis
by PurpleRamen 8y ago
> "The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya" is a 14-episode anime adaptation which aired in 2006.
The first version to be correctly. They later added another 14 episodes, but instead of calling it a new season, they mixed in the new episodes between the old episodes and rebroadcasted it as one complete series.
As a special "joke", they also had a timeloop-story spanning multiple episodes, with each episodes telling the same story with slight changes in the story, and individual art-style, meaniung each episodes was produced new not just recycled from the first episode. The "joke" with this story was, that of the 14 new episodes, the timeloop-story filled 8(!) episodes and went under the funny name "Endless Eight". I think someone was fired himself for this.
- meesles 8y agoThe Endless Eight was widely regarded as a rite of passage in anime spheres. A lot of people would end up skipping the second half after they realized what was going on. Great show, and as far as I know the only one to have attempted something like this. I personally didn't like it, it just seemed soooooo long. The only redeeming factor (in my opinion) is that Suzumiya Haruhi is outlandish enough for it to be the perfect vessel for such an experiment.
- Laforet 8y agoThe act did have some thematic significance with the movie release in 2010, in which the time loop incident is revealed to be a major reason why the movie's events took place. Besides, it's a little harder to skip all eight episodes in the original weekly broadcast not knowing when the loop will end, so viewers are more or less forced into the cycle.